Escalante School

Located at 1810 W 900 N, in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Escalante School is a small primary school that hosts 352 students (grades pre-K through 6), one of the schools within Salt Lake District. That puts it 28% smaller than the typical public school in Utah, which averages around 491 students.

Salt Lake District comprises 39 schools with combined enrollment of 20,086 students; Escalante School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Escalante School shows that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest comes out to 12% White, 6% Pacific Islander, 5% multiracial, 5% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Escalante School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.8:1, putting Escalante School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Salt Lake County's rate of about 34%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Escalante School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.3%; this one delivers 27.3%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Salt Lake County indicate median household income runs about $97,494, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Salt Lake County runs 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), of which Escalante School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Pacific Heritage Academy, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Escalante School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 21.9%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 25%: 472 students in 2018 compared to 352 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 63% to 68% across the same window.

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